Names for venetian colonies in the new world

Im writing the begining of a little drabble venice thing and i would like a good name for venetian colonies in the new world
 
It would be even for Venice very difficult if not impossible colonise anything beyond Gibraltar Strait. Colony would be very far from Venice and it could lost that easily.

So probably it would be quiet small. Perhaps then just New Venice. Or then you can name that as St. Mark after patron of the state. Or then name that after someone important doge.
 
Plausibility issues aside (they make a Venetian colony in the new world basically ASB, maybe a colony in the Red Sea or along the coasts of the Indian oceanor even in the east Indies could be (slightly) more likely), they could dedicate the colony to the Virgin Mary, or use the name of the patron saint of the day the colony was founded, or obviously St. Mark.

Neapolis could be an option, or Terranova..
 
Venezuela has a nice ring to it.
But in all seriousness Venice would likely follow the other European nations in naming conventions. So the Venetian/Italian version of 'New Ragusa' or lands named after a patron saint, relevant explorer, or Doge.
Despite the hurdles, Venice could certainly acquire some colonies in the Americas. Courland did it, after all. The issue is holding on to them.
 
I do agree that the usual conventions would apply also to any colonial possession Venice might acquire: in the New World names of islands would most likely be name of saints most venerated by the inhabitants of Venice, the more so if the discovery or acquisition of apn island coincides or at least is close to the saint's feast day (San Marco, San Nicola, Madonna della salute and soo one: just choose from a list of Venice churches). Forts might be named after ruling doges, or successful commanders. Town or cities would most likely be named after a township in Veneto or a sestiere of Venice or an island in the lagoon. I'd assume that if settlers are coming mainly from a particular area of the Stato de Tera or the Stato de Mar the name of the settlement would reflect it (e.g. Nova Treviso or Nova Pola).
In the Far East I'd say that local names would be kept, almost certainly transliterated in a way which suit Venetial language.




Mind, it would be difficult for Venice to acquire islands in the Caribbean Sea or in the Far East. Acquiring large swathes of land suitable for a true settler colony would be even harder barring really momentous changes in the history of the Serenissima. If Venice proves to be capable or lucky enough, I'd bet that the names of these settlement colonies might strangely prove similar to OTL ones in many cases (Argentina, Brasil or Australia, for example). The difference would be that New South Wales would possibly be named Novo Veneto or Nova Dalmazia.
 
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